Michael Robinson reports in the Warren Wilson Echo: When I first heard it a couple years ago, Ryan Harvey’s music politicized me. Ryan has been a member of the Riot Folk Collective, an anti-profit mutual-aid collective of radical artists and musicians, since it initially began in 2004…. Ryan will be touring the Southeast in February […]
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Ashvegas: Exec with Asheville Area Center for the Performing Arts got $217K salary in 2009-‘10
Ashvegas reports on the remuneration for the executive director of the group that aims to build a multimillion-dollar center near city hall: One of the highest paid arts professionals in Asheville got a raise in the 2009-’10 tax year, according to tax records, although the project remains far from completion. James Baudoin, executive director of […]
Moffitt says legislative demands kept him away from LWV water meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times reports: Moffitt said Tuesday he wanted to attend [the Feb. 13 League of Women Voters public forum on the state House committee evaluations of a plan that might seize Asheville’s drinking water system], but legislative work on groundwater contamination issues was scheduled at the same time in Raleigh. That work had to do […]
Progress Energy urges stiffer penalties for Greenpeace action
Hendersonville Times-News reports: …“We believe the laws and regulations need to be a stronger deterrent … [Greenpeace’s] actions jeopardized a vital part of infrastructure that serves 160,000 in Western North Carolina,” said Martha Thompson, Progress Energy manager of community relations for the western region. However, Greenpeace Media Officer Keiller MacDuff said the group’s efforts to […]
Air quality forecast: Wednesday, Feb. 15 — MODERATE (Yellow)
From the WNC Regional Air Quality Agency: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 is a code YELLOW air quality forecast day for the valleys of Buncombe County. This means that unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion. Please call our office if you have any questions. WNC Regional Air Quality Agency Phone (828) 250-6777
North Carolina Brewers Guild names Win Bassett as new executive director
The NC Brewers Guild announces: Feb. 13, 2012—Win Bassett, an attorney, writer and North Carolina beer advocate, has been named the new Executive Director of the North Carolina Brewers Guild <http://ncbeer.org> . He will assume duties of the position today, February 13, 2012. Bassett is contributing writer and education coordinator for All About Beer <http://allaboutbeer.org> […]
Sarasota Herald-Tribune contest grand prize is a craft-beer trip to Asheville
According to ticketsarasota.com, an online arm of the Herald-Tribune (Sarasota): Like craft beer? Have a talent for rhyme? You can win a VIP trip for two to craft beer hotspot Asheville, N.C., in the Top O’ The Limerick Contest, sponsored by the Shamrock Pub and Ticketsarasota.com.
NCpedia gets 24,000 more articles
N.C. Department of Cultural Resources announces: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle today unveiled a partnership between the State Library of North Carolina and UNC Press to make the six volumes of the “Dictionary of North Carolina Biography” and the “Encyclopedia of North Carolina,” some 24,000 articles in all, available as […]
New edition of “A History of African Americans in North Carolina” now available
The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources announces: RALEIGH – A new, revised edition of “A History of African Americans in North Carolina” is now available from the Historical Publications Section of the N.C. Office of Archives and History. The volume covers more than 400 years from the colonial period through the early 21st century. […]
Woman runs across North Carolina to block marriage amendment
Fox Charlotte reports: Jen Jones smiles and says, “No one wants to watch a triathlete run across the state, they want to watch the fat lady do it.” One step at a time Jones is racing across North Carolina. She’s running in opposition to Amendment One, which would permanently define marriage in the state between […]
Locals raising funds for drought-imperiled legendary Tarahumara racers of Mexico
Sports Illustrated online has a short piece about Asheville locals Will Harlan and Mickey Mahaffey, who have been, of late, raising funds for the Tarahumara Indians of the Copper Canyons, in Mexico. The Tarahumara, who are world-famous long-distance runners, are facing a severe drought this season. After trekking from his North Carolina home to Mexico’s […]
Budget shortfalls may force closure of two of Mitchell County’s four elementary schools
OurLocalCommunityOnline.com reports that the Mitchell County School Board voted to hold a public hearing regarding its plan to close one or two of the county’s four elementary schools. Thanks to @walleramy on Twitter for the heads up on this story.
Online film collection shows North Carolina’s past
Carolina Public Press reports: Access collection anywhere with N.C. library card. Hollywood is abuzz about Oscar nominations for black and white and silent films this year, and a black and white film collection about North Carolina now is available at the NCLIVE website. The silent, black and white depression-era footage of the state by H. […]
Marathon runner to start 444-mile cross-NC run in Asheville
Charlotte Observer reports: Bob Weeks wants your attention. And he’s willing to run across North Carolina to get it. … Weeks [will] run 444 miles from Asheville to Wilmington in May to raise money for [The Wounded Warrior Project, which helps veterans injured in combat]. The run will take 20 days, including rest stops in […]
Amazing journey: How microbrewery icon Grossman landed in WNC
Hendersonville Times-News’ Gary Glancy looks how Ken Grossman grew his dream into reality: From young homebrewer to industry icon, it seems fitting that Ken Grossman’s amazing life journey has led his Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. to the mountains of Western North Carolina. It’s the kind of story that resonates in southern Appalachian culture — a […]
Author of “Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers” to speak at UNCA
Avery County cycling incident: Car swerved to hit cyclist, says coach
Avery Journal reports: While cycling with six other LMC cyclists, Michael Rozelle was struck by a car on Hickory Nut Gap Road on Friday, Jan. 20. Rozelle was not seriously injured, but the incident left the cyclists shaken because they were left with distinct impression that the car had intentionally swerved into the oncoming lane […]
NC DOT awards contracts worth $12.8 million to resurface Jackson County highways
The North Carolina Department of Transportation recently awarded 39 contracts totaling $203.2 million for highway and bridge projects across the state. Among them are: • a contract to resurface 3.5 miles of U.S. 23/441 in Jackson County. The section to be resurfaced extends from Grasshopper Road near Dillsboro to Tatham Road in Savannah. The $5.6 […]
WCU African American Heritage Festival begins Monday
Western Carolina University announces: Western Carolina University’s Department of Intercultural Affairs will host an African American Heritage Festival in honor of Black History Month in the Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center from Monday, Feb. 6, through Wednesday, Feb. 8. On Feb. 6, events include a Langston Hughes lecture sponsored by the English and history […]
Hendersonville rebuilds its historic downtown ‘underground’
Hendersonville Times-News reports: …Fazio Design group’s Austin Fazio — who owns the basement at 401 N. Main St. — asked the city about the possibility of commemorating the below-ground historic area, which housed a poker club and later the Teen Canteen in the 1940’s and ’50’s until it was closed and covered with the sidewalk. […]
USDA Announces Restoration Projects, $605,000 included for Grandfather Ranger District
USDA announces: As part of an accelerated restoration strategy, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $40 million in funding for 20 forest and watershed restoration projects nationwide for the upcoming year. The funding includes ten new projects under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) program, continued funding for the original 10 projects selected under […]